tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6882578413887103850.post1214436392443961654..comments2024-03-25T22:53:57.841+00:00Comments on Demolition Exeter: St Mary Major, Cathedral YardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6882578413887103850.post-38290814186930382912015-05-11T19:05:28.648+01:002015-05-11T19:05:28.648+01:00Thankyou for this beautiful account. On the Starcr...Thankyou for this beautiful account. On the Starcross History blog, I've just published the only known photo of St Mary Major in the last half of the 19th century.<br />I hope you don't mind that I've linked to your informative blog on http://starcrosshistory.blogspot.co.uk/<br />Starcross Newshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051848311248173068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6882578413887103850.post-85863125504893586272015-05-11T19:03:48.481+01:002015-05-11T19:03:48.481+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Starcross Newshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051848311248173068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6882578413887103850.post-30479569144289869212011-07-19T00:29:05.951+01:002011-07-19T00:29:05.951+01:00Thank you for your comment! One of the great myths...Thank you for your comment! One of the great myths about Exeter that I hope my blog can help dispel is the one about the city being 'destroyed by the Germans'. I've met many people who think that the way Exeter looks today is a direct consequence of 1942. Obviously a lot of damage was done to the city during the worst of the Baedeker raids, but the decision not to recontruct important and salvageable buildings was entirely the decision of the local authority, as was the decision to demolish much that remained (e.g. huge areas of Sidwell Street on both sides survived intact until the late 1950s), as was the decision to run the inner bypass through the historically important area outside the South Gate, as was the decision to destroy the Exe Bridge and huge chunks of Cowick Street and Alphington Street, as was the decision to demolish most of the Higher Market and the area taken up by the loathsome Guildhall Shopping Centre. Over the last four decades the City Council has authorised the demolition of many hundreds of buildings in and around the centre of the city, irrespective of the losses incurred during World War Two. And that's not even including the massive slum clearances of the 1930s. All cities evolve through a process of demolition but the sheer scale of the destruction in Exeter over the course of the 20th century is staggering.wolfpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06806875968340034510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6882578413887103850.post-23956923722211387732011-07-05T14:54:06.321+01:002011-07-05T14:54:06.321+01:00I was baptised in the Victorian St Mary Major Chur...I was baptised in the Victorian St Mary Major Church on 18th May 1958. It seems very sad that so much history has disappeared from the centre of Exeter. Exeter City Council have a lot to answer for. Let us hope that they don't destroy any more of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com